Matched patients infected with swine Streptococcus

Wednesday, 28/04/2010 - 17:08

(AP) - There are four patients infected with swine streptococcus bacteria are located in the treatment of tropical diseases institute countries, including two severe cases have ventilation. Experts warn, disease spread from pigs to humans through the digestive tract, so everyone should drink boiled cooked.

Information on the Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, Director of Institute of tropical diseases in the country for briefings and disease prevention in humans, occurred pm 27 / 4 in Hanoi.

According to Dr. Glass, the last few days, each day in hospital a few cases show a swine streptococcus infection to health, but identified four new infections and patients are being treated. "This four patients scattered in different localities are translated on the situation. Therefore, we can say, not a disease epidemic, but people need to be aware with this disease, because this is a disease transmitted from pigs to humans, can cause dangerous patient mortality, "said Dr. Glass .

When pigs infected with streptococcus bacteria, infected people can have an expression in three patients are simply latex meningitis, sepsis alone or in combination of both types. Cases swine Streptococcus disease can cause meningitis combination of latex and sepsis, a very serious disease manifestations, may lead to shock, bleeding under the skin of each major segment, leading to rapid coagulation, multiple organ failure and death.

Therefore, it is important to early diagnosis and timely to the hospital for treatment. When pigs infected with streptococcus bacteria, the disease has manifested high fever, can get to 40-41 degrees C accompanied by gastrointestinal manifestations are diarrhea, or more expression encephalitis syndrome, respiratory syndrome and especially there are large segments of bleeding under the skin necrosis. When there are signs on, the patient needs to hospital immediately for medical treatment in time.

Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director of Preventive Health (MOH) said, this is not a new disease, has previously seen and reported. To prevent this disease, patients should best perform cooked hot drink, not absolute slaughter and consumption of pigs is manifested sick, sick.